Sir Lewis Thomas Casson; Sybil Thorndike Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Lewis Thomas Casson; Sybil Thorndike NPG x5707

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Godfrey Argent

Best known for playing the title-role in Saint Joan which Bernard Shaw wrote for her Thorndike was also acclaimed for performances in Greek tragedy and in Shakespeare. She spent her early years touring with Ben Greet's company in America, and playing seasons at the Gaiety theatre in Manchester and was the leading lady at the Old Vic during the Great War, when she played both male and female parts. In the second world war she toured classics such as Macbeth and Medea around the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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